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A Different World

  • TV Series
  • 1987–19931987–1993
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h
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6.9/10
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Jasmine Guy, Sinbad, Darryl M. Bell, Charnele Brown, Kadeem Hardison, Dawnn Lewis, Lou Myers, Cree Summer, and Glynn Turman in A Different World (1987)
A Different World
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A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.A group of students at a historically Black university struggle to make it through college.
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7K
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    • Creator
      • Bill Cosby
    • Stars
      • Lisa Bonet
      • Kadeem Hardison
      • Jasmine Guy
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    • Creator
      • Bill Cosby
    • Stars
      • Lisa Bonet
      • Kadeem Hardison
      • Jasmine Guy
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 52User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
    • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 17 wins & 8 nominations total

    Episodes144

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    Marisa Tomei, Lisa Bonet, and Dawnn Lewis in A Different World (1987)
    Marisa Tomei, Lisa Bonet, and Dawnn Lewis in A Different World (1987)
    Marisa Tomei, Lisa Bonet, and Dawnn Lewis in A Different World (1987)
    Marisa Tomei, Lisa Bonet, and Dawnn Lewis in A Different World (1987)
    Marisa Tomei, Lisa Bonet, and Dawnn Lewis in A Different World (1987)
    Marisa Tomei, Lisa Bonet, and Dawnn Lewis in A Different World (1987)
    Lisa Bonet in A Different World (1987)
    Marisa Tomei, Lisa Bonet, and Dawnn Lewis in A Different World (1987)
    Marisa Tomei, Lisa Bonet, and Dawnn Lewis in A Different World (1987)
    Marisa Tomei, Lisa Bonet, and Dawnn Lewis in A Different World (1987)
    Lisa Bonet in A Different World (1987)
    Marisa Tomei, Lisa Bonet, and Dawnn Lewis in A Different World (1987)

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    Lisa Bonet
    Lisa Bonet
    • Denise Huxtable
    23 episodes23 eps • 1987–1989
    Kadeem Hardison
    Kadeem Hardison
    • Dwayne Wayne
    143 episodes143 eps • 1987–1993
    Jasmine Guy
    Jasmine Guy
    • Whitley Gilbert
    143 episodes143 eps • 1987–1993
    Darryl M. Bell
    Darryl M. Bell
    • Ron Johnson
    134 episodes134 eps • 1987–1993
    Charnele Brown
    Charnele Brown
    • Kim Reese
    122 episodes122 eps • 1988–1993
    Cree Summer
    Cree Summer
    • Freddie Brooks
    122 episodes122 eps • 1988–1993
    Glynn Turman
    Glynn Turman
    • Colonel Brad Taylor
    121 episodes121 eps • 1988–1993
    Dawnn Lewis
    Dawnn Lewis
    • Jaleesa Vinson
    119 episodes119 eps • 1987–1992
    Lou Myers
    Lou Myers
    • Vernon Gaines
    114 episodes114 eps • 1988–1993
    Sinbad
    Sinbad
    • Coach Walter Oakes
    77 episodes77 eps • 1987–1991
    Jada Pinkett Smith
    Jada Pinkett Smith
    • Lena James
    47 episodes47 eps • 1991–1993
    Ajai Sanders
    Ajai Sanders
    • Gina Devereaux
    44 episodes44 eps • 1991–1993
    Cory Tyler
    • Terrence Taylor
    31 episodes31 eps • 1990–1992
    Mary Alice
    Mary Alice
    • Lettie Bostic
    30 episodes30 eps • 1988–1989
    Karen Malina White
    Karen Malina White
    • Charmaine Brown
    26 episodes26 eps • 1992–1993
    Bumper Robinson
    Bumper Robinson
    • Dorian Heywood
    23 episodes23 eps • 1992–1993
    Patrick Y. Malone
    Patrick Y. Malone
    • Terrell Walker
    23 episodes23 eps • 1992–1993
    Marisa Tomei
    Marisa Tomei
    • Maggie Lauten
    22 episodes22 eps • 1987–1988
    • Creator
      • Bill Cosby
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    • Trivia
      While playing roommates on the show, co-stars Lisa Bonet and Marisa Tomei lived together in real life.
    • Goofs
      Throughout the course of the series, Whitley's talents go back and forth between being an accomplished singer/dancer and having little to no singing/dancing skills at all.
    • Quotes

      [the class has decided to leave a time capsule to be remembered by]

      African Student: Excuse me, please, but what is a time capsule?

      Kim Reese: A time capsule is when people bury something that's important to them and then dig them up later.

      Ron Johnson: Like dogs with bones.

      [pause]

      Ron Johnson: Or women with grudges.

    • Connections
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    User reviews52

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    Became most interesting after people stopped paying attention
    Most people remember this show as the spinoff of The Cosby Show built around Lisa Bonet's Denise character. After she (and Marisa Tomei) left the show, it was generally dismissed as a failure that was left on the air because of Cosby's influence. Oddly enough, it was at that point that this series got interesting. The "traditionally black college" setting provided a unique forum for exploring the topics that have arisen at the cultural crossroads that is Modern America. Metaracial politics informed both explicitly sociological stories and more traditional sitcom plots. It finally became the show they had probably intended to produce in the first place. That's not to say that "A Different World" became the greatest show in the history of Television. It never managed to settle on who the main characters were. The romance of Whitley and Dwayne was probably most prominent, but Ron, Freddie, Jaleesa, Kimberly, and, eventually, another generation of students took center stage from time to time too. I think medical student Kimberly best embodied the "entry point" or audience viewpoint. She was the character most likely to balance the materialism of Whitley, activist politics of Freddie, and more personal concerns of the other characters and achieve some kind of moral synthesis which the producers seemed to be aiming for.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 24, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • College Fieber
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Bill Cosby
      • Carsey-Werner Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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